Case Studies of Four Successful Asian Community Newspapers

Abstract

The community press has a crucial role to play in the development of rural Asia. How four community newspapers have survived as independent voices and play their roles as catalysts for development are discussed in this paper. It reveals that the most significant factor contributing to the success of the newspapers was the quality of the men who started them. Commitment, involvement and a love for community journalism and total dedication seem to be qualities shared by the editors.

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Crispin C Maslog

This article is based on Case Studies of Four Successful Asian Community Newspapers, conducted by Dr Maslog in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the Philippines in 1984. The study was sponsored by the Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre with funding from Unesco. Dr Maslog is Professor of Development Communication at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.